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CIRCUS TENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does circus tent mean?
• CIRCUS TENT (noun)
The noun CIRCUS TENT has 1 sense:
1. a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
Familiarity information: CIRCUS TENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
big top; circus tent; round top; top
Context example:
they had the big top up in less than an hour
Hypernyms ("circus tent" is a kind of...):
canvas; canvas tent; canvass (a tent made of canvas fabric)
Holonyms ("circus tent" is a part of...):
circus (an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent)
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